Judges 21:15:6Judg.21.15.W6TAB
פֶּ֖רֶץ
perets
“a breach”
- Transliteration
- PE-rets
- Extended
- PEH-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈpɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- a breach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
PE-rets
- clause
KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-AM ni-KHAM le-vin-ya-MIN KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL
Exegesis
The noun perets {פֶּרֶץ | p̄e-r̄eṣ} ‘breach’ functions as the object, followed by the locative construct be-shivtei yisrael {בְּשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-šîv-ṭê yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘among the tribes of Israel,’ specifying the locus of division. English rearranges the Hebrew SOV into SVO while preserving the causal relation with ‘because.’
Root and etymology
p-r-ṣpe–resh–tsade
“to break through”
In context — Judges 21:15
And the people were grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:15, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֖רֶץ (perets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.21.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.15.W6.S1) and character.